What a rubbish week! Monday, felt as if I had a cold coming on, son had been in bed all weekend loaded with it.

So, did it come to anything? Did it feck. So why have I only done 2 swim sessions this week and nothing else?! Totally lacked the motivation to go out for my pre work runs this week, missed a strength session at the gym on Tuesday as well.

Back to the gym tonight for a workout and usual rest day tomorrow.

Right back on it at the weekend!!! Getting my mojo back slowly but surely.

A nice easy 4 mile run done in high winds and torrential rain. Feel great after that!

9.26mm pace, kept HR nice and steady. One thing I've noticed is that during the first mile of most runs, my heart rate climbs rapidly, today it peaked at 175! Weird! It then settles back down nicely to my usual around 140. It's always done it so it's nothing new.

9.26mm pace, kept HR nice and steady. One thing I've noticed is that during the first mile of most runs, my heart rate climbs rapidly, today it peaked at 175! Weird! It then settles back down nicely to my usual around 140. It's always done it so it's nothing new.

9.26mm pace, kept HR nice and steady. One thing I've noticed is that during the first mile of most runs, my heart rate climbs rapidly, today it peaked at 175! Weird! It then settles back down nicely to my usual around 140. It's always done it so it's nothing new.

It's also a normal failure scenario of heart rate straps...

Really? Only seems to happen for first mile then settles to what I would consider normal.

9.26mm pace, kept HR nice and steady. One thing I've noticed is that during the first mile of most runs, my heart rate climbs rapidly, today it peaked at 175! Weird! It then settles back down nicely to my usual around 140. It's always done it so it's nothing new.

It's also a normal failure scenario of heart rate straps...

Really? Only seems to happen for first mile then settles to what I would consider normal.

Yes, poor contact on HR straps tends to lead to over-reading exactly like this, as you then sweat, the contact improves and it settles. If you post a graph of the HR at the start, or via strava etc. we can probably say more specifically.

A tight compression top and/or some spit on the HR contacts will fix it.
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Swim practice tonight. Making progress, but very slowly! Can manage a length now freestyle, not sure the technique's great, but still doing it. Next goal, 1.5 then 2 lengths without stopping and increase from there.

Also doing some breaststroke towards the end of my session. Reason? May not have freestyle sorted enough to manage 750m at sprint tri in May.

Swim practice tonight. Making progress, but very slowly! Can manage a length now freestyle, not sure the technique's great, but still doing it. Next goal, 1.5 then 2 lengths without stopping and increase from there.

Also doing some breaststroke towards the end of my session. Reason? May not have freestyle sorted enough to manage 750m at sprint tri in May.

I want to get this freestyle nailed and if takes 6 months, so be it!

Swimming is a continuous process. There quickly comes a point where you become competent and swim fit. Becoming very competent is much more tricky! Gains become smaller! And most of us will never be brilliant!

Anyway so what if you do some breast stroke in the tri. It is not the end of the world! Is it in open water?